Ouroboros Spine the limbed and headed machine of pain

the boy trailed the man for a long while before he was noticed. and when he was the man said nothing. he froze in place like a deer caught in lights.
in that moment lómion was not timid as he usually was with strangers. he stared at the man as he would a deer; concentrated and unblinking. 
but he wasn’t prey. 
lomion swallowed hard and averted his gaze. 
i didn’t expect you to be out here.